Whit­ing Bay Golf Club

Wed­nes­day De­cem­ber 26. A to­tal of 10 played in the Box­ing Day Christ­mas Bot­tle played as a Sta­ble­ford from the yel­low tees. Re­flect­ing the cle­ment weather and the con­di­tion of the course, scor­ing was good. Nine play­ers scored 30 points or more but with both scor­ing a fine 40 points, Jamie Macpherson pipped John Pen­ny­cott on a count­back to win the bot­tle. 1 Jamie Macpherson 5, 40pts, ACB, 2 John Pen­ny­cott 15, 40, 3 David Brookens 12, 37. Magic twos, Dave Hack­ett at 4th, Sandy Pringle at 11th.

Sun­day De­cem­ber 30. Heavy overnight rain stopped just in time to al­low 11 to play in the Nearly Hogmanay Sweep, played as a yel­low tees Sta­ble­ford to match the re­laxed at­mos­phere of the hol­i­day sea­son. In­deed, so re­laxed was the mood and so mild was the weather that many ended their round in short sleeves. For the sec­ond game in a row, John Pen­ny­cott found him­self pipped to first place when Dave Hack­ett matched his 40 points but pre­vailed on a count­back over the last nine holes. 1 Dave Hack­ett 13, 40pts ACB, 2 John Pen­ny­cott 15, 40, 3 Wolfi Kro­ner 16, 38. Magic two Neil­lie McKech­nie @11th.

Fixtures: Sun­day Jan­uary 6, AGA Win­ter League round three at Whit­ing Bay. As ties will be played from shot­gun starts, the course is re­served for the du­ra­tion of the matches.